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Prisons: Population

My Lords, I am afraid that I do not know what the noble Lord, Lord Henley, would say in answer to that question. The Opposition have said nothing about what their positive proposals are. Why has the prison population gone up? The custody threshold has come down in the sense that more people are going to prison and they are going to prison for longer. Also, this Government have rightly been keen to ensure that the terms of prison sentences are complied with. If you breach your community sentence, if you breach your suspended sentence, if you breach the terms of your sentence or you breach the terms of bail, those orders are enforced. That is important.